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i don't believe, however, that you can trust putin and assad. i don't trust those guys as far as i can throw them. we've seen putin try to poke at the president before, even with snowden, i don't think there is any affinity. you have to be skeptical if he is serious, and then the practical matter of how do you flood syria with you know, weapons inspectors. they have something like 70 different sites where they have these. in the middle of a civil war. how does this happen in the middle of a civil war? it is really hard to see as a practical matter how it can be done. however, i think the president is recognizing political realities here. he may be about to lose a vote that he doesn't want to lose. and they're pulling back a little bit at least to get some time to see if they can make a better case. >> john, i know you want to get in. >> well, at least the challenge for the president, addressing the skepticism. and it is hard to get the president, through his reluctance, his own reservations about doing this. we thought that is what today and tom
i don't believe, however, that you can trust putin and assad. i don't trust those guys as far as i can throw them. we've seen putin try to poke at the president before, even with snowden, i don't think there is any affinity. you have to be skeptical if he is serious, and then the practical matter of how do you flood syria with you know, weapons inspectors. they have something like 70 different sites where they have these. in the middle of a civil war. how does this happen in the middle of a...
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to the assad family. >> reporter: bashar al-assad was different. growing up he was a polite boy who never lorded his status over his friends. >> the family growing up live in a very sort of typical, modest three-story home in damascus, residential building where they lived on one floor of that building. for most of his childhood, he still lives on one floor of that very same building to this day. >> reporter: assad studied eyes in london. in london he met a glamorous investment banker who would later become his wife. in 1994 assad was suddenly called back to syria after his older brother was killed in a car accident. he was now next in line to rule, and took over in 2000 after his father died. but the hopes of the damascus spring didn't last long. >> many from the so-called olgar in leadership positions came to him and said, listen, son, this isn't how we do things here. this will undermine our legit ma see and the position that we've worked very hard to get and maintain over the decades and so, what ensued about six, eight months later is what man
to the assad family. >> reporter: bashar al-assad was different. growing up he was a polite boy who never lorded his status over his friends. >> the family growing up live in a very sort of typical, modest three-story home in damascus, residential building where they lived on one floor of that building. for most of his childhood, he still lives on one floor of that very same building to this day. >> reporter: assad studied eyes in london. in london he met a glamorous...
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has gamed out what assad's response will be? >> i don't think we have the slightest idea. >> we should remember the israelis have attacked twice, three times over the past six months and assad made all sorts of things and they did nothing. the israelis attacked missile sites and assad did little. so partly we're looking at what's actually happened and the fact that if he does anything really major, as we just said then, then congress is going to give the president the authority to retaliate. >> i think it's much more likely he'll retaliate on his own people. >> after 90 days. >> not even. the greatest -- i can't say it on the air, but the greatest way to say go to hell to the administration is to use chemical weapons again. >> even if he retaliates without chemical weapons, it doesn't seem like there's anything the united states is going to do about that, as long as he doesn't use chemical weapons, hex slaughter x number of people. >> the remarkable luck of barack obama, which moved barack obama from being barack obama to the pr
has gamed out what assad's response will be? >> i don't think we have the slightest idea. >> we should remember the israelis have attacked twice, three times over the past six months and assad made all sorts of things and they did nothing. the israelis attacked missile sites and assad did little. so partly we're looking at what's actually happened and the fact that if he does anything really major, as we just said then, then congress is going to give the president the authority to...
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assad. he's met with him several times over the years. here is senator kerry in a meeting in damascus in 2009. there was no talk of meetings or negotiations on the hill today. kerry said it's time to act in a forceful yet limited operation. he was asked this if american troops would be put on the ground as part of the resolution. >> i'm absolutely confident, mr. chairman, that it is easy, not that complicateed to work out language that will satisfy the congress and the american people that there is no door open here through which someone can march in ways that the congress doesn't want it to while still protecting the national security interest of the country. i'm confident that can be worked out. the bottom line is the president has no intention and will not and we do not want to put american troops on the ground to fight this -- or be involved in the fighting of this civil war period. >> the death toll roels in syria today. 66 people died in violence today including six children. chief con
assad. he's met with him several times over the years. here is senator kerry in a meeting in damascus in 2009. there was no talk of meetings or negotiations on the hill today. kerry said it's time to act in a forceful yet limited operation. he was asked this if american troops would be put on the ground as part of the resolution. >> i'm absolutely confident, mr. chairman, that it is easy, not that complicateed to work out language that will satisfy the congress and the american people...
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is there anything worse than assad? >> you know, when you're dealing with absolutes and evil it's hard to make comparisons, but an ascendency in damascus would have horrific repercussions throughout the region, in iraq, lebanon, in jordan, possibly in turkey. what the consequences might be for israel, i don't know but probably not good. so assad is bad. >> and john king, you talk about the public opinion a bit. does it seem likely you think the president -- at least, i mean, we've heard from dana on the senate side it sounds like he'll get approval. what about the house? >> they don't have house yet but momentum but the private briefings where conservatives come back with a couple questions. remember, you've got a lot more anti-war democrats in the house. and now the democratic leader nancy pelosi is trying to say this is genocide, this is not iraq. that's important. they need to hear about the very questions we're talking about. why are we going to do this? is it going to make a difference or will it be a waste? are we
is there anything worse than assad? >> you know, when you're dealing with absolutes and evil it's hard to make comparisons, but an ascendency in damascus would have horrific repercussions throughout the region, in iraq, lebanon, in jordan, possibly in turkey. what the consequences might be for israel, i don't know but probably not good. so assad is bad. >> and john king, you talk about the public opinion a bit. does it seem likely you think the president -- at least, i mean, we've...
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assad step down. that's gone according to critics. >> vladimir putin is achieving two main objectives here. his main objectives were he wants to keep assad in power. well this ratifies assad's status because we have to deal with him. he has to let inspectors in. the second thing is these chemical weapons would not possibly fall in the hands of militants who might use them in chechnya and russia. this gets the chemical weapons either out of syria or destroyed. it's a win/win for putin. i'll be back at 10:00 with ac 360. we're expecting president obama any second now. you see the podium there. the east room at the white house. i want to hand it over to wolf blitzer as we awade the president's speech. wolf? >>> we're following breaking news. new details on what president obama will say in the white house east room tonight. i'm told he'll explain why the regime of bashar al-assad must be held accountable. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in washing
assad step down. that's gone according to critics. >> vladimir putin is achieving two main objectives here. his main objectives were he wants to keep assad in power. well this ratifies assad's status because we have to deal with him. he has to let inspectors in. the second thing is these chemical weapons would not possibly fall in the hands of militants who might use them in chechnya and russia. this gets the chemical weapons either out of syria or destroyed. it's a win/win for putin....
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that some of assad's opponents are extremists. but al qaeda will only draw strength in a more chaotic syria if people there see the world doing nothing to prevent innocent civilians from being gassed to death. the majority of the syrian people and the syrian opposition we work with just want to live in peace with dignity and freedom. and the day after any military action we would redouble our efforts to achieve a political solution that strengthens those who reject the forces of tyranny and extremism. >> christiane amanpour wanted david kay. he's back. >> well, frankly, the president is right. americans are smart. they're empathetic. they understand that we cannot allow the highest crimes under humanitarian law to be violated with impunity. i don't want to live in a world where some dictator because we didn't hold the line is able with impunity to use chemical weapons. >> but what they're saying, why does america have to be the one doing it? >> america is not going there to do it. america has to do it. i'll tell you now why. becau
that some of assad's opponents are extremists. but al qaeda will only draw strength in a more chaotic syria if people there see the world doing nothing to prevent innocent civilians from being gassed to death. the majority of the syrian people and the syrian opposition we work with just want to live in peace with dignity and freedom. and the day after any military action we would redouble our efforts to achieve a political solution that strengthens those who reject the forces of tyranny and...
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to punish assad and really deter people. if you let assad use weapons of mass destruction, i mean, the effect on the ground, it's all this horrible, obviously, what does that say about the future? do we want to be the country that sits, having the ability to do quite a bit, that does nothing, i don't think it's a good excuse. the american public is weary -- not that weary of war, he can win this vote, he can have the support. >> we have to take a quick break. everyone else stick around. i want to talk u.s. military strategy coming next. assad's forces are making moves as well. we'll tell you about that. new developments when we continue. [ male announcer ] ok, here's the way the system works. let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much you think. except it's 2% every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch. over time it really adds up. then go to e-trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert: it's low. really? yes, really. e-trade offers inves
to punish assad and really deter people. if you let assad use weapons of mass destruction, i mean, the effect on the ground, it's all this horrible, obviously, what does that say about the future? do we want to be the country that sits, having the ability to do quite a bit, that does nothing, i don't think it's a good excuse. the american public is weary -- not that weary of war, he can win this vote, he can have the support. >> we have to take a quick break. everyone else stick around. i...
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there may be tremendous success, assad may disappear. now we have a real problem in syria that might include even grander planning than what we've addressed right now. >> fran? >> anderson, having been in the white house and watched military planning, even if what you assume is only a two or three day operation, when you go to congress and you're seeking authorization, you want the ability to react and anticipate. what you don't want to do is find yourself in a conflict authorized for way a week, as chris suggests, and then all of a sudden find yourself in an engagement where you have to go back to congress. >> you still think this sounds somewhat limited? >> to a degree. but why did he go to congress? there's the potential for this to massively widen once you see retaliation. that may the reason. you have the timing of the leak. he's with the international community. we don't know what's being said behind closed doors. i'm sure they are keen to say this is happening regardless. but the broader issue is you have to understand what level
there may be tremendous success, assad may disappear. now we have a real problem in syria that might include even grander planning than what we've addressed right now. >> fran? >> anderson, having been in the white house and watched military planning, even if what you assume is only a two or three day operation, when you go to congress and you're seeking authorization, you want the ability to react and anticipate. what you don't want to do is find yourself in a conflict authorized...
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>> he can buy time for assad to stay in power but he can't buy time for assad to use chemical weapons again, that won't happen. if it does, we'll do something about it. >> it will take months, years to actually deal with the chemical weapons supply. >> the first half of the putin piece was right there are blocks of al qaeda who are on terrorist lists fighting with the rebels. that's a danger. the rest of the piece was russian propaganda. human rights watch was hardly aligned with one side or the other, didn't have really good analysis on who could use chemical weapons, and they concluded that only the government could have used chemical weapons because of the vast amount they were used and the way they were delivered. you can't take assad or putin seriously when they said they didn't use chemical weapons. >> nor should we take the intelligence reports 100% given the problem with iraq. >> iraq is a huge problem. >> i'll come to that. tom ridge, this is from putin's piece. a strike would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism and undermine multi lateral efforts to restore
>> he can buy time for assad to stay in power but he can't buy time for assad to use chemical weapons again, that won't happen. if it does, we'll do something about it. >> it will take months, years to actually deal with the chemical weapons supply. >> the first half of the putin piece was right there are blocks of al qaeda who are on terrorist lists fighting with the rebels. that's a danger. the rest of the piece was russian propaganda. human rights watch was hardly aligned...
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the feloniplanning has to inclu enhanced capabilities and assad may i'm mode. you have to be careful what you ask for. there may be tremendous success and assad may disappear and we could have a real problem that could include grander planning than what we addressed now. >> fran? >> anderson, what i was going to say, having money in the white house and watch military planning, even if what you assume is a two or three-day operation, for the reasons general marks explains, when you go to congress and seek authorization you want the ab t ability and react. you don't want to react for a week and then all of a sudden find yourself in an engagement to go back to congress. >> you think this sounds limited? >> to a degree but you have to ask why did he go to congress? once you see retaliation and maybe the reason why the longer term thinking was in that direction. you got to remember the timing of the leak and with the international community. you don't know what is being said behind closed doors. this is happening regardless rather than looking like he's waiting for
the feloniplanning has to inclu enhanced capabilities and assad may i'm mode. you have to be careful what you ask for. there may be tremendous success and assad may disappear and we could have a real problem that could include grander planning than what we addressed now. >> fran? >> anderson, what i was going to say, having money in the white house and watch military planning, even if what you assume is a two or three-day operation, for the reasons general marks explains, when you...
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joining me now, a man who says the assad regime fall -- if the assad regime falls, the country will be overrun by militants. he is a member of the syrian american forum and cousin to the former president of the syrian opposition coalition. let me be clear here, our guest here supports the assad regime. am i correct, sir? >> actually, i would reclassify what you said, piers. good evening. a sad evening. no, i am not here to support the assad regime. i am here to make certain facts known, if facts matter at all. i'm just a doctor. i'm not a politician. and my family has always been a vocal critic of the tyranny and the corruption and all that. that is not the issue and i'm not alone, actually. many, many, many syrians are like me. >> let's talk about the facts. i should make clear you are speaking here from the united states. the president has laid out his case. he said 1400 people have died, including 400 children, in this attack which he says involved chemical weapons. the united states says they have found signatures of sarin gas as part of that attack. the british now say they have a
joining me now, a man who says the assad regime fall -- if the assad regime falls, the country will be overrun by militants. he is a member of the syrian american forum and cousin to the former president of the syrian opposition coalition. let me be clear here, our guest here supports the assad regime. am i correct, sir? >> actually, i would reclassify what you said, piers. good evening. a sad evening. no, i am not here to support the assad regime. i am here to make certain facts known,...
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second, you don't know what a o assad will do. once the united states engages you have an obligation to win or you look weaker and dumber, and i am very dubious -- secretary hagel today if i read it correctly said at one point we can do this for tens of millions of dollars. each tomahawk is a million dollars this would be the equivalent of sending a tweet by tomahawk. you really see it in language this is an act of war. for secretary of kerry saying i don't see us getting into war as he prepares to fire missiles is totally list mading firing those missiles is an act of war. >> there are three republicans in the senate foreign relations committee that voted yes. that can't be that encouraging for administration. >> well, anderson, i think you have to give the president a victory today coming out of the senate foreign relations committee. he could have been defeated but instead, 10-7. start with that proposition. what is interesting about this is if you project onto the house and senate votes what happened today in senate foreign re
second, you don't know what a o assad will do. once the united states engages you have an obligation to win or you look weaker and dumber, and i am very dubious -- secretary hagel today if i read it correctly said at one point we can do this for tens of millions of dollars. each tomahawk is a million dollars this would be the equivalent of sending a tweet by tomahawk. you really see it in language this is an act of war. for secretary of kerry saying i don't see us getting into war as he...
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assad is incredibly brutal. but he has killed about 100,000 people have died throughout the causes, 1400 have died because of chemical weapons. in a strange way the chemical weapon con venge is a throw back to a time when conventional weapons couldn't kill that many people. now using bombs you can kill two or three times as many people as these chemical agents can. of course it is a terrible thing. i think if you look at the history -- it was included as a weapons of mass destruction really after the gulf war when we wanted to put saddam hussein in a bok. we wanted to make sure he wasn't doing anything bad. we said you can't booild build nuclear weapons, biological or chemical weapons and then we kept anymore the box and emphasized chemical weapons. i think that, yes, of course you don't want these weapons used but the impulse behind it which is that you could kill a lot of people is actually no longer true. conventional war kills many more people. >> you already see mission creep. >> i see mission creep brauz b
assad is incredibly brutal. but he has killed about 100,000 people have died throughout the causes, 1400 have died because of chemical weapons. in a strange way the chemical weapon con venge is a throw back to a time when conventional weapons couldn't kill that many people. now using bombs you can kill two or three times as many people as these chemical agents can. of course it is a terrible thing. i think if you look at the history -- it was included as a weapons of mass destruction really...
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so we'll come out, assad still in power but you have to wait and see. that's the best case. i think it's a much bleaker view -- >> mirkier than that. >> i think because he's -- usually american presidents deal with one enemy on the table, this time he is dealing with two and most of the international community thinks assad is a butcher and putin is a thug. >> david kay, we talked about this a little bit yesterday. not even talking about destroying the weapons but just controlling the sites, cataloging them, getting the people on the ground. you said it could take as many as 2,000 inspectors. terms of how many inspectors qualified, certified inspectors are actually available right now, how many are we talking about? >> worldwide there is a far smaller number. look, the way around this and it's actually one we've used before in iraq is you insist that the syrians go in and do the heavy lifting of counting, moving the chemical weapons around and you as inspectors stand a little bit back in protective gear, i hope, and you observe that. you use their manpower. the syrians, if th
so we'll come out, assad still in power but you have to wait and see. that's the best case. i think it's a much bleaker view -- >> mirkier than that. >> i think because he's -- usually american presidents deal with one enemy on the table, this time he is dealing with two and most of the international community thinks assad is a butcher and putin is a thug. >> david kay, we talked about this a little bit yesterday. not even talking about destroying the weapons but just...
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second, you don't know what assad may do. once the united states engages, you have a real obligation to win or you look weaker and dumber. i'm very dubious. secretary hagel said at one point, we can do this for tens of millions of dollars. each tomahawk costs a million dollars. we have 20 or 30 of them. this should be the equivalent of sending a tweet by tomahawk. this is symbolic action in a way that is goofy. you see it in language. this is an act of war. for secretary kerry to say i don't see us getting into a war is totally misleading language. sending the missiles is an act of war. >> there are only three republicans in the senate foreign relations committee that voted yes on the war resolution. it can't be that encouraging for the administration. >> anderson, i think you have to give the president a victory today, coming out of the foreign relations committee. it came out 10-7. start with that proposition. what's interesting is if you project on to the house and senate votes what happened in foreign relations, you are g
second, you don't know what assad may do. once the united states engages, you have a real obligation to win or you look weaker and dumber. i'm very dubious. secretary hagel said at one point, we can do this for tens of millions of dollars. each tomahawk costs a million dollars. we have 20 or 30 of them. this should be the equivalent of sending a tweet by tomahawk. this is symbolic action in a way that is goofy. you see it in language. this is an act of war. for secretary kerry to say i don't...
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assad has played this game a lot over the last several months. if you go back to december, he was moving all this stuff around and there was all these concerns on the part of the administration. not as many people were paying attention back then because we hadn't had the sense of crisis. same thing in may. and the administration in some ways, or at least people talking to the press in washington, have telegraphed all kinds of measures they're trying to take. there's a group called unit 450 that basically is in charge of these weapons. well, you know, there have been people in washington saying to our correspondent eli lake down there that the u.s. has been trying to recruit the members of unit 450. there was a point at which because the u.s. was trying to do that, assad was starting to talk to militias about maybe them taking some of the chemical weapons. it really is like watching a shell game where you, you know, which side of the nut has a pea under it. >> this is a regime that has lied repeatedly from the beginning. besides even before this c
assad has played this game a lot over the last several months. if you go back to december, he was moving all this stuff around and there was all these concerns on the part of the administration. not as many people were paying attention back then because we hadn't had the sense of crisis. same thing in may. and the administration in some ways, or at least people talking to the press in washington, have telegraphed all kinds of measures they're trying to take. there's a group called unit 450 that...
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here is what he had to say. >> russia is assad and syria's closest ally. russia played the role of blocking international efforts thus far to holds assad accountable and the proposition put forward to deal with assad's chemical weapons presents a real opportunity, if it were to be successful. >> reporter: now, it's interesting to point out, anderson, at the end of the news conference, jay carney called on a russian reporter who said now, wait a minute, this whole russian proposal came from those constructive conversations going on between the president and president putin of russia and jay carney had to say you know what? you got a point there. >> secretary kerry, as we said is headed to geneva to meet his counterpart. how optimistic are they they will hash out a deal since the sides seem so far apart? >> you get the sense they are cautiously optimistic but at the same time, jay -- or anderson, you're hearing the same thing from jay carney here at the white house you hear at the state department. the state department spokesperson said at this briefing earl
here is what he had to say. >> russia is assad and syria's closest ally. russia played the role of blocking international efforts thus far to holds assad accountable and the proposition put forward to deal with assad's chemical weapons presents a real opportunity, if it were to be successful. >> reporter: now, it's interesting to point out, anderson, at the end of the news conference, jay carney called on a russian reporter who said now, wait a minute, this whole russian proposal...
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but as opposed to allowing those chemical weapons to be continued to be used as we know bashar assad has done a number of times in the past is not to the degree that this latest atrocity was, that then i think we have the lesser of two evils. >> logistically, would there be some sort of international security force on the ground to protect inspectors? >> i don't think it would have to be robust. i do think that the -- i know the free syrian army would not interfere with those activities because of the threat of those weapons being used against him. in the areas that are controlled by al qaeda and i will freely admit, there is one more of them flowing in every single day, then i think it is very complicated, and we would have to look at perhaps an international force. we might have to look at some things, but you can also look at a negotiated departure of bashar assad, his people to say that we will secure those areas where these weapons are stored, as well. >> for you, though, bottom line moving forward in the next hours and days, you're saying there is no way the u.s. should take th
but as opposed to allowing those chemical weapons to be continued to be used as we know bashar assad has done a number of times in the past is not to the degree that this latest atrocity was, that then i think we have the lesser of two evils. >> logistically, would there be some sort of international security force on the ground to protect inspectors? >> i don't think it would have to be robust. i do think that the -- i know the free syrian army would not interfere with those...
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companies in the past month, all obviously in defense of a syrian president al-assad. so another attack on an american website what do we know? >> similar to the "new york times" and "washington post", it appears the site itself, marines.com was not breached. the marine say no confidential or personal information was compromised but people continue access the information and they were redirected to another site. i spoke with the cybersecurity expert who has investigated the syrian electronic army and says the hackers could be doing much more damage than they are right now. they're able to control what people see, where they go online but so far it seems like the intention as you said, is to spread syrian information telling the u.s. to stay out as opposed to directing them or spreading malware which is more difficult to do but also, much more destructive. and keep in mind it appear this is particular group itself was hacked in april with someone gaining access to its information. syrian electronic army denies it but clearly any claims of responsibility against, whether
companies in the past month, all obviously in defense of a syrian president al-assad. so another attack on an american website what do we know? >> similar to the "new york times" and "washington post", it appears the site itself, marines.com was not breached. the marine say no confidential or personal information was compromised but people continue access the information and they were redirected to another site. i spoke with the cybersecurity expert who has...
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, perhaps part of the deal within giving assad and his family asylum in russia with mr. snowden. >> do you think the quite would give up support of the rebels? the rebels have been saying all along you haven't been arming us the way we would like. there was a report from cnn and "the washington post" the cia begun to supply weapons to various rebel groups. >> i think our support for the remembers is minimal to be sure. on one hand we had almost a call to war by secretary kerry and then we had a stand out. a call to war, a call to action and go to parade rest. another call to action and go to parade rest. i think the uncertain trumpet we've been blowing undermined the rebels in their effort and we have not really given them very much in the way to wage this war against a president assad who we said had to go, and we've done very little to make him go, and so i think our position has been quite weak, and the threat of using military force against assad with resistance coming, strong resistance from the congress makes it difficult for the president. he could launch an attac
, perhaps part of the deal within giving assad and his family asylum in russia with mr. snowden. >> do you think the quite would give up support of the rebels? the rebels have been saying all along you haven't been arming us the way we would like. there was a report from cnn and "the washington post" the cia begun to supply weapons to various rebel groups. >> i think our support for the remembers is minimal to be sure. on one hand we had almost a call to war by secretary...
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one keeping assad, his mate in power and removing chemical weapons that could end up with the rebels could be shifted towards somewhere like chechnya. >> it buys him into a possible solution. i mean, now he has a stake and ownership over this possible deal and we'll see where but it's not impossible. and that would be such destroyed for international security if we were to get, you know, the bulk of those chemical weapons removed. >> is that enough, though? when you're president obama and create your own red line and say it very publicly, is it enough to then not take any action if that red line is crossed? military action. >> i mean, i think while we have peace process in place that may lead to the removal of chemical weapons, i don't think we should strike. i think it may well fall apart and in that case i think we should, and indeed, i think we should be also more aggressive in helping the rebels. i think that there is some hope we can turn the tide enough on the ground, not that the assad regime will fall but that he will be -- he will lead to serious peace talks and that will be
one keeping assad, his mate in power and removing chemical weapons that could end up with the rebels could be shifted towards somewhere like chechnya. >> it buys him into a possible solution. i mean, now he has a stake and ownership over this possible deal and we'll see where but it's not impossible. and that would be such destroyed for international security if we were to get, you know, the bulk of those chemical weapons removed. >> is that enough, though? when you're president...
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many are willing to accept that they were used by the assad regime. but the outstanding sort of driving question both in congress and among the american people is, is it in our national interest to act. they're waiting to be convinced and they want the president to make that case. >> all right. fran townsend, thank you so much. meanwhile, president obama is trying to rally support for a military strike on syria, support from congress, support from you, the american people, acknowledging it could be a tough sell. the clock of course is ticking. lawmakers returned from recess on monday and on tuesday, the president will address the nation. in russia today, for the g-20 summit, president obama said that he was elected to stop wars, not to start them, but the united states has a responsibility, he said, to lead. one of many looming questions, what happens if the president does not get the votes he needs in congress, will he go it alone? cnn's brianna keilar pressed the president on that today. here's what he said. >> you know, brianna, i think it would be
many are willing to accept that they were used by the assad regime. but the outstanding sort of driving question both in congress and among the american people is, is it in our national interest to act. they're waiting to be convinced and they want the president to make that case. >> all right. fran townsend, thank you so much. meanwhile, president obama is trying to rally support for a military strike on syria, support from congress, support from you, the american people, acknowledging...
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two facts that seem to implicate the assad regime. mohammed jamjoom is live for us today. what has been the reaction of syria so far? >> there has not been any official reaction to the chemical weapons report but last few minutes a reaction by the syrian government by a press conference yesterday by secretary of state john kerry in which mr. kerry said if diplomacy sails the military option with regard to syria is still on the table. the syrians are saying this proves the americans have wanted to go in militarily all along no matter what any lie doing that happens in syria with the result of that will be that the americans will still want to intervene militarily. the syrians are really being watched closely because of this plan pa that was put into effect by mr. kerry and his russian counterpart saying they have this week to put their weapons under the control of the international community and by the middle of next year, all chemical weapons materials in syria must be destroyed. so all eyes now on syria as to whether they will impcomply if there can be a diplomatic soluti
two facts that seem to implicate the assad regime. mohammed jamjoom is live for us today. what has been the reaction of syria so far? >> there has not been any official reaction to the chemical weapons report but last few minutes a reaction by the syrian government by a press conference yesterday by secretary of state john kerry in which mr. kerry said if diplomacy sails the military option with regard to syria is still on the table. the syrians are saying this proves the americans have...
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president assad, vladimir putin, and president rouhani. start with iran. that's a big part, christiane amanpour interviewed him. and compared to the interview i did with mahmoud ahmadinejad last year struck a more conciliatory tonight after he admitted that basically there had been a holocaust. something that ahmadinejad would never admit to. >> translator: any crime that happens in history against humanity including the crime the nazis created toward the jews is reprehensible and condemnable in. whatever criminality they committed against the jews, we condemn. >> what did you make of that? how important is that kind of concession? and do we see a real shift there in the relationship with america? how much do you trust him? >> well, first of all, i think it's interesting commentary on the world in which we are living that admitting that the holocaust occurred qualifies as being a moderate. >> right. >> i mean, in other words, if you get into the fact-based world, there's something to it. at least we can have something to talk about. so i think we just had
president assad, vladimir putin, and president rouhani. start with iran. that's a big part, christiane amanpour interviewed him. and compared to the interview i did with mahmoud ahmadinejad last year struck a more conciliatory tonight after he admitted that basically there had been a holocaust. something that ahmadinejad would never admit to. >> translator: any crime that happens in history against humanity including the crime the nazis created toward the jews is reprehensible and...
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president bashar al-assad putin and rouhani. start with iran. that is always a big talking part. christian amanpour interviewed rouhani and he, compared with the interview i did with mahmoud ahmadinejad, struck a conciliatory tone. >> that any crime happened against humanity including the crime the naziss created toward the jews is reprehensible and condemnable. whatever criminality they committed against the jews we condemn. >> what did you make of that? how important is that kind of concession and do you see a shift in the relationship with america? how much do you trust him? >> first of all, i think it is an interesting commentary in the world that we live in. admitting that the holocaust occurred qualifies as being moderate. in other words, if you get in to the fact-based world, there's something to it. so i think we have to keep working at it. i don't think that president obama has to trust anybody. i think you just deal with people and see what happens and go forward. i feel the same way about the russian effort to get to syrian government to declare and then hand over thei
president bashar al-assad putin and rouhani. start with iran. that is always a big talking part. christian amanpour interviewed rouhani and he, compared with the interview i did with mahmoud ahmadinejad, struck a conciliatory tone. >> that any crime happened against humanity including the crime the naziss created toward the jews is reprehensible and condemnable. whatever criminality they committed against the jews we condemn. >> what did you make of that? how important is that kind...
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>> assad was saying that if he agreed at all, to allow inspections of the chemical facilities. i think rouhani is talking different than in the past. i don't think it is to buy uranium and enrich it more. i think they're at a point they're only a year i away nguyen wa nguyen -- a year away any way. the key to me is i think it is pretty simple the administration can be tough and not drink the kool-aid. i think if we say, all right, you want relief from the sanctions, we want to inspect all your facilities and allow those inspections to take place for five, six, seven months and make sure they're not doing what they did five, six years ago, throw the inspectors out and make sure we have not only a change of words but change of action. >> do you think the president should meet with him? >> i think that's not the appropriate level because if things go wrong, i think the secretary of state should meet with him. if that meeting went well. as rudy says, if you don't give away the store, there's nothing wrong with talking or meeting. >> you would say secretary of state meet with him? >
>> assad was saying that if he agreed at all, to allow inspections of the chemical facilities. i think rouhani is talking different than in the past. i don't think it is to buy uranium and enrich it more. i think they're at a point they're only a year i away nguyen wa nguyen -- a year away any way. the key to me is i think it is pretty simple the administration can be tough and not drink the kool-aid. i think if we say, all right, you want relief from the sanctions, we want to inspect all...
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replacing the assad regime with shari'a law. a number of groups seem to aligning themselves with al qaeda backed groups. >>> and later a development in the case of marissa alexander. a woman in prison for firing a gun in self-defense of the abuse of her husband. she's getting a new trial. she was originally sentenced to 20 years. we'll tell you why. >>> republicans appear to be shifting tactics in their battle with president obama about the shutdown for the federal government on tuesday if no vote is in place. speaker job boehner told reporters today that he doesn't expect the government to close up shop and it now look like he and other gop leaders are focusing on the next looming battle, raising the debt kooelg -- ceiling in mid october. they're calling president obama to come to the table and work out a compromise. the president said firmly today he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. are they already gearing up for the next showdown? is that right? >> reporter: absolutely right. they huddled over what kind of package t
replacing the assad regime with shari'a law. a number of groups seem to aligning themselves with al qaeda backed groups. >>> and later a development in the case of marissa alexander. a woman in prison for firing a gun in self-defense of the abuse of her husband. she's getting a new trial. she was originally sentenced to 20 years. we'll tell you why. >>> republicans appear to be shifting tactics in their battle with president obama about the shutdown for the federal government...